t of people shape their morals. Homosexuality is condemned in the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. But nowhere in the Bible is homosexuality singled out as being particularly offensive (Delvi 45). When referring to the Bible about homosexual activity, the story of Sodom and Gomorrah is most referred to. However, none of the references to Sodom and Gomorrah mention homosexuality. Luke 10:10, identifies its sin as inhospitality(Delvi 44).The misinterpretation of the Sodom and Gomorrah episode in the Bible is probably one of the supremely ironic paradoxes of history(Delvi 43). How can someone explain the sexual reference to Sodom and Gomorrah? It is said that the reason is the use of male prostitutes as an attack against Pagan fertility worships (Delvi 42). There are many different interpretations of the Bible. I believe that God originally wrote the Bible, but his supposed disciples wrote it as the way they saw it. This is the way the Lutheran religion looks at the Bible. Another point is that the Bible has been written and translated so many times; how do we know that it has stayed the way the Lord intended it to be? Of course, since the Bible is the word of God we are not supposed to question it, but it brings on many questions as to whether or not it is the truth.When the New Testament first came about, it was not immediately infused into Christian thought. The basic influence in Western Christian tradition was more of the stoic philosophy of the community in which early Christianity flourished. The stoic philosophy, which most homosexuals and heterosexuals believe in, was to live according to nature. Nature was identified with reason and to conform to reason. As expressed in the objective physical laws of the universe, was at the same time to achieve a union with the Divine. Since the New Testament was not greatly appreciated at the time, stoicism entered into Christian social ethics and focus was place on the physical and biolog...
